"Col Rai always led from the front in multiple operations that he carried out in 2014 and also in 2015. He combined bravery with compassion and people in Tral knew him very well for his several ...

The Colonel died in hospital. He is survived by his wife and three children. Col MN Rai was a brave officer and had been involved in intense operations in South Kashmir for last two years.

Srinagar: Army today paid glowing tributes to Colonel MN Rai, who died fighting militants ... resolve to fight elements inimical to peace. “Col Rai always led from the front in multiple ...

Col Rai was awarded Yudh Seva medal on Republic Day for for outstanding contribution in planning and conduct of operations including a gun battle with militants in south Kashmir last year.

The daughter of Col MN Rai cries as she salutes to pay her last respect to his mortal remains during his cremation in the Delhi Cantonment. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI photo The 39-year-old ...

When Col Rai's team reached the house and cordoned it off, its residents, suspected to be relatives of the terrorists, requested them not to carry out a full-scale operation. As the Colonel was ...

In the meantime, the forces led by Commanding Officer Colonel MN Rai arrived and asked Abid's father and maternal uncle to persuade Abid to surrender, Owais said. But Abid vehemently refused even ...

In a moving tribute to Colonel MN Rai, who was killed in a gunfight with militants in Kashmir on Tuesday, his 11-year-old daughter Alka saluted his mortal remains with a full-throated Gorkha ...

New Delhi: Colonel MN Rai who was martyred by militants in ... military officer to be killed in the region in nearly a year. Col Rai along with a policeman, Sanjeev Singh was also killed as ...

The Indian army and members of the family of Colonel Rai, pay their final homage. New Delhi: Colonel MN Rai, the 39-year-old who was shot while fighting terrorists in Kashmir, was given full state ...

(PTI file photo) Hailing from Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Col Rai grew up in Kalimpong where his father was a school teacher. His eldest brother, YN Rai of CRPF, was awarded a police ...